Mount Pattèh from Bàngadeh
This engraving shows conical thatched houses, canoes on a river, woman with mortar and pestle and other household utensils. This scene takes place at a riverside settlement at the Niger and Benue confluence in the Bight of Biafra hinterland. On a contemporary map accompanying this illustration, "Mount Bàngadeh," likely in the Gbedege forest reserve, was plotted on the northeast banks of the confluence, while Mount Patti is on the western side of the Niger River. William Allen (1792–1864) was an English naval officer and explorer. He took part in the Niger expedition to map the course of the river.
Image Title
Mount Pattèh from Bàngadeh
RegID
SI-OB-861
Date
1840
Title
Mount Pattèh from Bàngadeh
Source
William Allen, Picturesque views on the river Niger, sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33, by Commander William Allen (London, 1840), facing p. 14.
Language
English
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Bight
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
10-Feb-17; 27-Aug-19
Identifier
Allen12